AQA GCSE English Activities & Exam Practice:
Hobson's Choice

Contents

Part 1: Activities for use before and while reading the text

Historical and social context

Act I Proposal (pp. 1–25)

Act II Wedding (pp. 26–38)

Act III Celebration (pp. 39–59)

Act IV Success (pp. 60–82)

After reading the whole play

• Plot
• Character
• Themes
• Style: Focus on dialect and imagery

Part 2: Exam preparation and practice

1 Types of questions set by AQA

2 Making a plan

3 How to begin your essay

4 Structuring your essay

5 How to use quotations and references

6 The body of the essay

7 Concluding the essay

8 Imaginative responses

9 Sample essays

10 AQA-style practice questions

11 Grade criteria

Teachers’ notes

Further information

Part 1 provides activities for classroom and homework use throughout the course.

• Historical and social context is for use before students start the play.
• Other Part 1 activities are for use while reading the play.

Part 2 provides activities which guide students through the process of writing exam essays on Hobson's Choice for AQA Specification B. It explains:

• types of essay
• planning
• how to begin an essay
• how to structure an essay
• how to boost grade in both tiers.

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